Hampshire Treasures

Volume 9 ( Test Valley South)

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Description and Date	Remarks		Protection	Grid Ref. and Punchcard No.
Long Barrow	Houghton Down. Excavated 1895 when skeletons and a cremation were found. Barrow almost ploughed out, but visible on air photographs. O.S.A. No. SU33 NW37. Ref: 1. P.H.F.C., Vol. 5, 1904-06, (Shore), p.19. Ref: 2. P.H.F.C., Vol. 14, 1938-40, (Grinsell), pp.10, 15, 199.			SU 329 358 2505 66
Bowl Barrows (2)	Houghton Down. Under rough pasture and cut off from surrounding ploughed field by fence. O.S.A. No. SU33 NW38. Ref: P.H.F.C., Vol. 14, 1938-40, (Grinsell), p.351.		S.A.M. No. 369	SU 329 357 2505 68
Iron Age
Celtic Field System	Houghton Down. Recognisable on air photographs but virtually destroyed by the plough and other agencies. Centred on grid reference. O.S.A. No. SU33 NW1.			SU 322 360 2505 62
Celtic Field System	North of the village. Extensive system occupy- ing a plateau bisected by an east-west valley. Entire area under cultivation and field system is visible only as soil marks. Centred on grid reference. O.S.A. No. SU33 SW1.			SU 314 343 2505 69
Roman
Supposed Villa (Site)	East of Whiteshoot plantation and 3/4 mile north of the Roman road. Pits dug in 1972 revealed short lengths of collapsed walling, pottery, fragments of tiles, brick, animal bones etc. O.S.A. No. SU23 SE12. Ref: 1. V.C.H., Vol. 1, p.312. Ref: 2. P.H.F.C., Vol. 16, 1944-46, (Winbolt), p.52.			SU 293 330 2505 61
Anglo/Saxon
Burial	Broughton Hill. Grave, 2 ft. deep, found 1875. By the side of the skeleton was a spearhead, a knife blade and an iron shield boss bordered by copper studs or rivets. Last two items now in Salisbury Museum. O.S.A. No. SU33 SW5. Ref: 1. Hants Advertiser, 12.6.1875. Ref: 2. Hampshire Papers, 1908-11, (Shore), p.376.			SU 305 328 2505 70

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